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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1907
Page
3
The article outlines the process of turning pure gold into fourteen karat thimbles. It details melting, rolling into sheets, stamping, shaping, annealing, cleaning, and final knurling to create the decorative and functional indentations.
A description of Zachary Boyd’s rhyming Bible created as an imaginative rendering of the sacred text. The piece notes its rarity and curiosity, mentioning Caedmon and Boyd’s Psalms as predecessors and that Boyd’s rhymed Bible has never been printed.
The Iowa City and Fort Dodge high schools are named co champions of the Iowa State High School Debating league for 1907. An executive committee declared two separate eastern and western titles after constitutional gaps prevented a single final debate. Both schools had defeated all opponents in their regions.
The Vienna bakery advertises coffee cakes rush fruit loaves and raised doughnuts available Saturday for sale.
Mt Pleasant Iowa April 1 Atty J C McCord serves notice of a damages suit claiming 1990 dollars against R K Faulkner real estate man for alleged assault in his office days ago. Case not set for April term but to be filed for September term. Amount under 8000 avoids federal court as Faulkner is from another state. No new update on related criminal case.
Cream puffs and cream sponge at Rolls, coffee cakes at Johnson's. T. O. Foley left for Ainsworth on business. Mrs. J. F. Rhea of Brighton visits the J. W. Teeters home. Henry Shields returns from extended Oklahoma trip. Mrs. J. P. Kearney leaves for Ottumwa to aid her ill daughter, Eliza Shaddock.
John Washington of Bosqueville Texas faced blood poisoning after a spider bite and feared losing his leg. He claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve relieved the pain after the first application and healed all sores after four boxes. Sold for 25c at Stewart's pharmacy.
A reader laments the rise of casual telephone chatter and argues for ending conversations promptly. The piece notes misaddressed calls, flirtatious gossip, and strained social relations when the wrong names are spoken. It urges polite greetings like Good morning or Good evening.
A guide to wedding customs outlines limiting bridesmaids to one if the dress is traveling, invitations to receptions for close relatives only, and choices about bouquets. It notes that the bride bears trousseau costs while the father funds church decor and choir, with the groom paying for flowers and the carriage, minister’s fee, and small gifts to attendants.
Household notes advise not filling lamps full to avoid overflow in warm rooms. Dissolve soda before laundry and rinse to prevent yellow stains. Clean both sides of saucepans and rub fat on a new pan to prevent smoke. Dry umbrellas open if possible or inverted to protect silk. Blooming frocks can be whitened with cream of tartar by boiling, using a teaspoon per quart.
The piece notes pine and lavender pillows growing popular for beds and couches. Pine pillows use deep yellow embroidered muslin covers, while lavender pillows favor light lavender or white cretonnes with lavender accents. A compact travel tip suggests packing a baby pillow to improve comfort in unfamiliar beds or on trips.
A New York employment agent questions a country girl about snoring before offering a chambermaid post. He explains apartments make snoring a grave disturbance to a sleeping master and advises sleeping on her side to reduce snoring. She replies she will consider whether she snores.
A brief dated exchange where Miss Cheerie-Well asks about improvement while Mrs Kronick replies she is not clearly better though not as bad as before. The piece reads as a light local column snippet from the Cleveland Leader.
Brief items include visitors and travel notes such as Hugh Carmichael returning to Fairfield after a city visit, H. B. Allen and wife departing for Winfield, Jennie and Lydia Davis returning home from the city, Mrs. W. H. Hughes and Gladys Wells heading to Fairfield for Sunday, Mrs. Frank Stewart visiting from Washington Iowa, and J. Winter in Cedar Rapids for an Eastern Central Iowa Farmers Institute short course next January. Also mentions fresh foods at Vienna and a new devils food at Johns bakery.
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